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Ian Anderson
Articles by Ian Anderson
Hillcrest got its Babycakes back
Cupcake maker returns to the neighborhood
A couple of years ago, after a decade doing business in Hillcrest, fancy cupcake maker Babycakes moved out of its 5th Street home base to pursue a bigger bakery opportunity out in in Paradise Hills, ...
The torta at the end of the tunnel
Crossing the border to fly has its benefits
For most of my adult life, the intentional misspelling Xpress has been applied to services including oil changes and dry-cleaning — it certainly hasn’t been a word I associate with crossing international borders. But Cross ...
How Mother Earth quietly became one of our most successful breweries
Brewing in Idaho even made its Vista beer better
Fun fact: Idaho’s largest brewery is headquartered in Vista, California. That’s because, in 2016, Mother Earth Brew Co. expanded beer production to Nampa, Idaho, a small city about 15 miles outside Boise. San Diego beer ...
Simsim Outstanding Shawarma a hit in Carmel Mountain Ranch
The new chain brings scratch Middle Eastern cooking to shopping center land
From a food lover’s perspective at least, good things have been happening in Carmel Mountain Ranch. Frankly, I ignored the place for years, because this is shopping center country, the sort of place populated by ...
Now Sushi is vegan
Is it possible to love a vegetable as much as a fish?
“This is the kind of place you take your non-vegan friend,” says a woman to her friend as they walk out of Now Sushi, a Mission Beach eatery that makes sushi without the fish. Entirely ...
Goi Cuon makes a meal out of spring rolls
All the Vietnamese rolls you can think of, and plenty of dipping sauce
Every time I’ve eaten at a Vietnamese restaurant with a group, deciding on appetizers has become a whole discussion. Should we get spring rolls, or egg rolls? How many? Tofu or pork? Shrimp or sweet ...
Latitude 33 sold its brewery and only got bigger
Vista brewer doubles capacity shifting production to Green Flash brewhouse
After seven years in business, Latitude 33 Brewing met a crossroads. Led by flagship beers including Blood Orange IPA and Honey Hips blonde, the Vista beer company had quadrupled beer production in 2016, and doubled ...
45 years later, at Sandwich Emporium...
Food trends and tech are a part of the neighborhood sandwich shop's lifespan
“Established in 1974 in the neighborhood of Clairemont,” is the first thing that stands about Sandwich Emporium. That makes it about 45 years old, which would have to put it not far down any list ...
Neff Coffee, a roaster on the go
A father-and-son mobile roasting operation hits the streets
While exercising my dog last week, I found San Diego’s newest coffee roaster; or should I say the coffee roaster found me? Neff Coffee Roasters isn’t San Diego’s first coffee truck, but it is the ...
